Double-digit growth for Rautakesko

Rautakesko, the building materials and DIY retail division of the Finnish Kesko group, achieved net sales of € 1.0908 bn, which amounts to growth of 15.7 per cent over the same period last year. The sales of the K-Rauta and Rautia stores in Finland were 7.8 per cent above the previous year’s result, amounting to € 882.6 mio. In the other countries – Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – a sales increase of 33.0 per cent was generated for a total of € 382.8 mio.